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Govt plans late feasibility study

Shawdesh Desk: The government is going to borrow $250 million from the Asian Development Bank to implement a project for capacity building of the National Pension Authority struggling to woo

Inadequate relief leaves flood victims starving

Shawdesh Desk: Hundreds of people in the flood-stricken north passed yet another busy day on Monday as they rushed between places, mainly in their boats, searching for flood relief that

RAB appoints Lt Col Munim as new spokesperson

Shawdesh Desk: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has appointed Lt Colonel Md Munim Ferdous as the new director and spokesperson for its legal and media wing. A notification, signed by RAB

None of 2 burned people out of danger: Health minister

Shawdesh Desk: The two people, who were critically injured in electrocution at Ratha Yatra in Bogura town on Sunday, are not out of danger, said Health minister Dr Samanta Lal

Appeal against quota system denotes govt’s sincerity: Quader

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said since the government is serious about the abolition of the quota system, it has appealed with the apex court.

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia hospitalised again

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital again on early Monday. ‘Madam was taken to the hospital as she felt unwell,’

Dhaka traffic paralysed, highways in different parts of Bangladesh blocked

Shawdesh Desk: Students from different public universities and colleges blocked major highways in the country and several crossings in Dhaka on Sunday, demanding the cancellation of the High Court order

Prime minister Hasina leaves Bangladesh for China on official visit

Shawdesh Desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday left Dhaka for Beijing on a four-day official visit to China at the invitation of Chinese prime minister Li Qiang. A special